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MUDDY CREEK [1]. Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Titon): AABB' (Phillips). The melody is meant to be played slower than a standard breakdown tempo.

Source for notated version: Bruce Greene, who had the tune from John Salyer [Phillips]; John Salyer (Salyersville, Magoffin County, eastern Ky., 1941) [Titon].

Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; p. 89. Titon (Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 106A, p. 135.

Recorded sources: Berea College Appalachian Center AC003, "John M. Salyer: Home Recordings 1940-41, vol. 2" (1993). Rounder CD 0397, Scott Nygaard - "Dreamer's Waltz" (1996).

See also listing at:
Hear John Salyer's 1940-41 home recording at Slippery Hill [1], Digital Library of Appalachia [2] and at Berea Sound Archives [3]
See/hear the tune played on youtube.com [4]